Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a patient with stress-induced cardiomyopathy after caesarean section

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is an acute cardiac syndrome mimicking ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and is characterised by transient left ventricular dysfunction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Caesarean delivery is associated with intense emotional and physical s...

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Published in:Anaesthesia and intensive care 2011-09, Vol.39 (5), p.954-957
Main Authors: JO, Y. Y, PARK, S, CHOI, Y. S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiomyopathy
Care and treatment
Cesarean Section
Diagnosis
Electrocardiogram
Electrocardiography
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - methods
Female
Health aspects
Heart diseases
Heart Failure - etiology
Humans
Medical sciences
Oxygen therapy
Pregnancy
Pulmonary Edema - etiology
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - complications
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - therapy
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is an acute cardiac syndrome mimicking ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and is characterised by transient left ventricular dysfunction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Caesarean delivery is associated with intense emotional and physical stress, which may precipitate stress-induced cardiomyopathy mimicking acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a woman who was supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute heart failure and severe pulmonary oedema, which may have resulted from stress-induced cardiomyopathy in the early postpartum period following caesarean delivery.
ISSN:0310-057X
1448-0271
DOI:10.1177/0310057X1103900524